Header Logo

Keep up to date with UA COVID-19 information

Six people stand in a line holding a large $1 million check

$1 million Kinross gift boosts Troth Yeddha' initiative

A $1 million donation from Kinross will bring the Troth Yeddha' Indigenous Studies Center one step closer to reality. The gift, announced Tuesday evening, will fund schematic design and bid specifications for the 34,000-square-foot facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.


Abel Bult-Ito

Nanook Navigator and Student Success Spotlight: Abel Bult-Ito

The Nanook Navigator and Student Success spotlight for April is Abel Bult-Ito. Bult-Ito is a professor of neurobiology and neurophysiology in the Department of Biology and Wildlife.


Geoscience seminar: Elisabeth Nadin

Elisabeth Nadin, associate professor of geology at UAF, will present "Paleozoic evolution of the Sierra Nevada batholith, and the strength of a warm transpressive fault. The presentation starts on Friday, April 15 at 11:45 am via Zoom.

UAF in the news

Deadlines and reminders


​​Staff development fund updates

Funds have been expended for semester fee support as well as professional development support for online conferences or training.


'Take Back the Night' event at Hess Rec

Join UAF's Nanook Diversity and Action Center in partnership with Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living at Hess Rec from 6-8 p.m.  Friday, April 15 for a community gathering in observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.


Svetlana V. Nuss and Wendy Whitehead Martelle

UAF linguists publish volume on teaching Russian

Wendy Whitehead Martelle, assistant professor of applied linguistics and ESL, and Svetlana V. Nuss, instructor of Russian, edited and contributed to a recently published volume with Routledge. 


About Cornerstone

The Cornerstone employee newsletter is produced by University Relations and emailed to all UAF staff and faculty. You can submit news items here.

 

UAF is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, educational institution and provider and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination/.